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RFC 1321 - 3.5 Step 5. Output

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### 3.5 Step 5. Output

The message digest produced as output is A, B, C, D. That is, we begin with the low-order byte of A, and end with the high-order byte of D.

This completes the description of MD5. A reference implementation in C is given in the appendix.

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RFC 1321 - 3.5 Step 5. Output